Sunday, June 06, 2010
You know how I know its summer?
Well, there are the obvious things... like its June. It was 95 in the shade the other day. It was Memorial Day last weekend. There is a T-storm warning almost every night. And public school is ending in two weeks. Yes, the obvious meteorological and calendar-based things.
There are the insidious things too. Too many people complaining about poison ivy. Needing the A/C on upstairs every night. Mosquito bites. ARGH. And the ANTS. Oh good grief the ants take over my kitchen every summer. They actually take over my neighbor's kitchen every spring. She battles them for a few months, then they give up the good fight and head my way. I can only hope to get rid of them by August.
But then there are the good things too. The things that make me smile. Like when my CEO comes to work in one of his seersucker suits and bow ties (the taunts of "well hellooo there Colonel Sanders!" not withstanding, he really is the kind of guy who can pull it off... not to mention he has a great sense of humor). The smell of honeysuckle in the air when I drive home through the valley. Every kid, including my own, running around with popscicle stains down the front of their shirt. Watermelons and peaches for sale, ridiculous cheap. The smell of mowed grass and chlorine and charcoal grills any night of the week.
Life calls for a little more relaxation. For Memorial Day, I bought myself a nice powder coated chaise lounge to match the rest of our wrought iron patio furniture. I dragged it under the old rusty clothesline at the side of the yard and I bungee-ed the garden hose to the post. Set the sprayer to "mist," and locked the handle. Cracked a beer and I was in white trash heaven until a storm rolled in. Don't judge me.
This summer is going to fly by, I know it already. I have a couple of consulting projects and a brutal schedule at my day job that hasn't let up in over a year. But I'm committing to myself that there are a few things I want to accomplish before the year is over and I need to get in the zone over the summer months. At the risk of saying I have wasted almost half the year... I have to be honest. I've wasted almost half the year.
So here's to a prolific summer. I owe it to myself and no one else.
There are the insidious things too. Too many people complaining about poison ivy. Needing the A/C on upstairs every night. Mosquito bites. ARGH. And the ANTS. Oh good grief the ants take over my kitchen every summer. They actually take over my neighbor's kitchen every spring. She battles them for a few months, then they give up the good fight and head my way. I can only hope to get rid of them by August.
But then there are the good things too. The things that make me smile. Like when my CEO comes to work in one of his seersucker suits and bow ties (the taunts of "well hellooo there Colonel Sanders!" not withstanding, he really is the kind of guy who can pull it off... not to mention he has a great sense of humor). The smell of honeysuckle in the air when I drive home through the valley. Every kid, including my own, running around with popscicle stains down the front of their shirt. Watermelons and peaches for sale, ridiculous cheap. The smell of mowed grass and chlorine and charcoal grills any night of the week.
Life calls for a little more relaxation. For Memorial Day, I bought myself a nice powder coated chaise lounge to match the rest of our wrought iron patio furniture. I dragged it under the old rusty clothesline at the side of the yard and I bungee-ed the garden hose to the post. Set the sprayer to "mist," and locked the handle. Cracked a beer and I was in white trash heaven until a storm rolled in. Don't judge me.
This summer is going to fly by, I know it already. I have a couple of consulting projects and a brutal schedule at my day job that hasn't let up in over a year. But I'm committing to myself that there are a few things I want to accomplish before the year is over and I need to get in the zone over the summer months. At the risk of saying I have wasted almost half the year... I have to be honest. I've wasted almost half the year.
So here's to a prolific summer. I owe it to myself and no one else.
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